Common property is a hard thing to envision--and no doubt it would be impossible to have such a system. But historically speaking there is lots of "common" property. The Boston Common, for instance, is common property from the beginning. Once upon a time it functioned like common ground did back in England, so that everyone in the community had equal right to use it. And I realize that if I plant crop on a patch of ground my natural response is to say that the crop is "mine." But ideally, if all of the crops on all of the common land is equally available to all of the community, then there should be no real impetus to assert that "my" crop is peculiarly "mine."

I know--purely fanciful stuff. But my point is that a religious perspective on things probably shouldn't simply acquiesce in the idea or property. You know that money is the root of all evil, but the root of that evil is the idea of property, for which money is a symbolic substitute. So a religion that takes property for granted is playing on the side of the devil.

Among some tribes of Native American cultures, they not only shared common property to the last morsel of food taken in the hunt, but they considered the greatest among them, was the one who GAVE the most in every sense of the word, from the protecting of the young, aged, and infirm, to the act of "gifting" (Potlaching) wherein the entire premise was the redistribution of possessions or wealth.

Within tribes, everything revolves around the Honor System

You talk about "Commons"?!?The Native Americans had absolutely no concept of "Fences"...until we brought that particular 'snake into the garden'.

We hopped off the boat and said, "Mind if we live here?"they said, "Sure. Why Not?"They migrated to the next seasonal campsite... and when they returned the following year, we claimed that we were justified in killing them for stepping foot on "OUR PROPERTY"

WTF?

yar, Michelle, let's hear it for"OUR FOREFATHERS"

watevah

Edited by Celandine (07/02/1301:50 PM)

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